Learn from the past – that is an appeal generations of kids have been hearing in history class, and a maxim museums have in mind when they curate exhibitions. The Cologne exhibition “Susanna. Images of a Woman from the Middle Ages to Metoo” shows how well that approach works forContinue Reading
A peacock peeping out of a tree can leave many mesmerised. But, when this turns out to be a projection, it’s difficult to not feel ecstatic. A similar impact was created when myriad motifs took shape on the trees of Embassy of Switzerland in the city, recently. Viewers were spellbound,Continue Reading
Over the past few weeks, activists across Europe served celebrated artworks from Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” to Claude Monet’s “Haystacks” with dollops of tomato soup and mashed potatoes in a bid to cut through complacency on the climate crisis. “How do you feel when you see something beautiful and priceless apparentlyContinue Reading
Assam’s eminent artist Neel Pawan Baruah died on Friday at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital following a prolonged illness. He was 84. His wife, eminent singer and Padma Shri awardee Dipali Borthakur, had predeceased him. Baruah was admitted to the hospital on September 22 due to various old age relatedContinue Reading
One of the early catalysts for the development of studio glass was Harvey K Littleton, a teaching ceramist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, who started experimenting with hot glass in his studio in 1958. He realised his desire to develop a studio glass practice in America could becomeContinue Reading
At first glance, Ancient Earth Globe (dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth) seems like a nerdy little trick. Earth, our blue-green marble, is suspended peacefully in space on screen. Alongside, a drop-down menu holds 25 dates that go back between 20 million and 750 million years. There’s a search bar, to help locate modern-day cities.Continue Reading
Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as “counterproductive” and dangerous acts of vandalism. While some of the major French and British museums interviewed by AFP, including the Louvre, the National Gallery and the Tate in London, are keeping a low profile on theContinue Reading
Why does Sanjay Leela Bhansali want to remake a film that turned 70 this month (it was released in October 1952)? I doubt if younger viewers have heard of it, let alone seen it. Even old-timers probably have only vague memories of the movie. Of course, Bhansali is at hisContinue Reading
Tom Stoppard sits in his parlour and waits patiently for his wife, Sabrina Stoppard, a television producer and heiress of the banking branch of the Guinness family, to aright his screen. “I’m the most technology-unaware person you would have ever interviewed,” he says. It sounds self-deprecatory, a trait that surfacesContinue Reading
Woodland style art can be characterized by its colorful figures, dark black lines, and as one British Columbia art studio describes it, as “native art that blends traditional legends and myths with contemporary mediums.” It’s a style that 19-year-old artist, Tsista Kennedy, of the Anishnaabe and Onyota’aka Nations of London,Continue Reading